Ohio Revised Code Chapter 959 - Offenses Relating To Domestic Animals

• Section 959.01 - Abandoning Animals.
  No owner or keeper of a dog, cat, or other domestic animal, shall abandon such animal. Effective Date: 10-01-1953
• Section 959.02 - Injuring Animals.
  No person shall maliciously, or willfully, and without the consent of the owner, kill or injure a horse, mare, foal, filly, jack, mule, sheep,...
• Section 959.03 - Poisoning Animals.
  No person shall maliciously, or willfully and without the consent of the owner, administer poison, except a licensed veterinarian acting in such capacity, to...
• Section 959.04 - Trespassing Animals.
  Sections 959.02 and 959.03 of the Revised Code do not extend to a person killing or injuring an animal or attempting to do so...
• Section 959.05 - Drugging Animal Prior To Competition.
  No person shall administer to any animal within forty-eight hours prior to the time that the animal competes at a fair or exhibition conducted...
• Section 959.06 - Destruction Of Domestic Animals.
  (A) No person shall destroy any domestic animal by the use of a high altitude decompression chamber or by any method other than a...
• Section 959.07 To 959.09 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-02-1959
• Section 959.10 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-14-1967
• Section 959.11 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-02-1959
• Section 959.12 - Alteration Of Brands.
  No person shall maliciously alter or deface an artificial earmark or brand upon a horse, mare, foal, filly, jack, mule, sheep, goat, cow, steer,...
• Section 959.13 - Cruelty To Animals.
  (A) No person shall: (1) Torture an animal, deprive one of necessary sustenance, unnecessarily or cruelly beat, needlessly mutilate or kill, or impound or...
• Section 959.131 - Prohibitions Concerning Companion Animals.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Companion animal" means any animal that is kept inside a residential dwelling and any dog or cat...
• Section 959.132 - Impounding And Disposition Of Companion Animal.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Companion animal" has the same meaning as in section 959.131 of the Revised Code. (2) "Impounding agency"...
• Section 959.14 - Horse Tails.
  No owner or person having the custody, control, or possession of a horse, nor an agent or employee of such owner or custodian, shall...
• Section 959.15 - Animal Fights.
  No person shall knowingly engage in or be employed at cockfighting, bearbaiting, or pitting an animal against another; no person shall receive money for...
• Section 959.16 - Dogfighting Offenses.
  (A) No person shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Promote, engage in, or be employed at dogfighting; (2) Receive money or anything...
• Section 959.161 - Impounding And Disposition Of Fighting Dog.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Fighting dog" means a dog that a peace officer has probable cause to believe has been, is,...
• Section 959.17 - Trapshooting.
  Live birds or fowl shall not be used as targets in trapshooting. Effective Date: 10-01-1953
• Section 959.18 - Prohibition Against Killing A Carrier Pigeon.
  No person who is not the owner thereof, shall shoot, kill, or maim an Antwerp or homing pigeon, commonly known as "carrier" pigeon, nor...
• Section 959.19 - Prohibition Against Servicing Mare In Public Street.
  No owner of a stallion or jack or the agent of such owner, shall permit it to serve a mare within thirty feet of...
• Section 959.20 - Use Of Certain Devices On Work Animals Prohibited.
  As used in this section: (A) "Work animal" includes a horse, pony, mule, donkey, mare, ox, bull, gelding, or other animal used or intended...
• Section 959.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates section 959.18 or 959.19 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this...

Last modified: October 10, 2016